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- ↑ "Checklist of Maryland Post Offices" (PDF). Smithsonian National Postal Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 18, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
- ↑ Gazetteer of Maryland. p. 23.
- ↑ Kirkwood, F. C. (1895). A List of the Birds of Maryland. Deutsch Lithographing & Print. Company. p. 246. Retrieved May 20, 2023– via Google Books.
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